file association

When ever I try to open a file, I receive the error I have attached. If I view download, right click the file I am trying to open and open it with reader, than it opens correctly. How can I get the file to open correctly without doing the work around? Link Removed

I did not know where to put this so i put it here. So, Whenever i put a shortcut to open an application ANYWHERE, After about a couple of days it changes its thumbnail/icon to default looking thing. like this, Link Removed Or this on the task bar thingy Link Removed

Hi - I am trying to use the "Open With" option in order to open a photo in Photoshop Elements 11. However, I'm having trouble. Just the program will open but it won't automatically open the photo (I can open photos from within the program by going to File - Open just fine). In a...

There are MANY Threads around the Internet, how to change Icons: Change shortcut icons, change folder icons, change windows icons (for a specific file like jpg). But what I want to change, is a icon of a .exe. Strange, that I can't find anything about that. Everyone is explaining about...

i have jar file ...i mistaken to open with java 7...how to default it & how to open it? Link Removed Link Removed

Hello all: Running Win7 Ultimate 64Bit. I recently installed adobe photoshop cs6. When viewing .jpg files in explorer they are associated with windows photoviewer. If I right click on a .jpg file and go to open with, the CS6 executable does not appear, so I select "choose default program"...

HI. I have just clean installed my Windows 7 Ultimate 64bit and after installing all my apps and drivers I'm finding a stupid and irritating problem. every time I download a .torrent file and tell it to open with (uTorrent) default app it will open another instance of the app and then I have to...

One of the first updates or patches has been released for Windows 8 RTM by Microsoft. The update is available to correct tile logo images of files on the All Apps View. An update is available to correct tile logo images of files on the All Apps View

I just did a clean install of windows 7 and now I have a problem with file associations. The thing is. avi files for instance are set to open with WMP but I want them to open with BSplayer. If I click "open with" I have the recomended options MWP and WMC but Bsplayer isn't there nor under...

OS Version: Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium, Service Pack 1, 64 bit Processor: Pentium(R) Dual-Core CPU E5300 @ 2.60GHz, Intel64 Family 6 Model 23 Stepping 10 Processor Count: 2 RAM: 6109 Mb Graphics Card: Intel(R) G45/G43 Express Chipset, -1265 Mb Hard Drives: C: Total - 938406 MB, Free -...

Resolve issues where you open a file on a Windows based computer, and the file starts a different program. More...

Hello, The problem I am having occured after I installed a trial version of Office 365. I found that the file association for xls files was still Libre Office. I went to "Open with>>>Choose default program" and made the mistake of going into the C: drive and selecting an .exe called OSPREARM...

Hi, I have a recent installation of Windows 7 Professional 3 weeks ago. The past 2 days, Word 2007 will not open when i double click a .docx document from Explorer. For a couple of seconds a 'spinning wheel' is displayed...and then nothing. I went to Control Panel, Defaults, and checked the...

I wanted to open an .nfo file in Windows 7 so I did what I did with XP... I right clicked on the file, went to "open with..." expecting to see a whole list of programs so I could pick Wordpad and, guess what... it's not there. Not only is Wordpad not there, but nothing is there. My only option...

I use a "Links Toolbar" on my Win 7 taskbar by the notification tray to access my favorite sites. The toolbar is named "Links". Here is the problem. I changed a theme last night and for some reason when I went to use one of the links what happened was clicking it opened a "Open File Security...

When you open a file in Windows, such as an .exe file or .bat file, a different program or file may start. Additionally, the icon for the file may not appear as expected. You may also receive additional errors from the from the program it starts. More...

i have a number of GIF images on my computer. for some reason they open in Internet Explorer rather than Windows Photo Viewer like other image extensions do. Can anyone tell me how to view GIFs in Windows Photo Viewer? Cause I can't seem to find it when i go to Open With. Thanks in advance.

Suddenly DOCX attachments only open in Word pad. The simple solution seemed to be go to Default programs in the start menu and change the default from World pad to Word. First problem: In the first option " Set your default programs" a list of programs appears to opt from. Word and the other...

I have downloaded FOXIT reader as my PDF reader. When I click a web link with a PDF document, I get an IE popup wth the question: What do you want to do with docX.pdf? There are three alternatives: 1)OPEN, 2)SAVE, 3)SAVE AS. If I select the "OPEN alternative", I get some popup below the IE that...

I did by a mistake change the standard "open with" when i was trying to load a mod into a game i changed a program (exe) to a winrar file and alle files on my pc with .exe has been changed and cannot be used I have even tried to use regedit.reg but without luck plz help